Clay Higgins: Law-and-Order Congressman

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Clay Higgins built his brand on law and order. He pals around with a man guilty of incest.

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Clay Higgins started his climb to Congress with a series of videos promising to hunt down lawbreakers.

In 2016 , Higgins rode his law-and-order image to Washington as a Republican .

But a Mother Jones investigation has revealed a major problem with his pitch: Some of the former Louisiana cops Higgins has associated with have been accused by law enforcement officials of severe wrongdoing.

In 1991 , Higgins ' first wife accused him of holding a gun to her head, court records show.

In 2016 , he was pushed out of the Opelousas department by Sheriff Bobby Guidroz in 2016 .

He tried to capitalize on the notoriety generated by the videos by pitching a reality show starring himself.

Congressman Leon Boudreaux was convicted of incest in New Mexico in October 2021 .

He received a suspended sentence and three years of probation.

The judge deemed the years-long period during that period during which he allegedly raped his then-minor relative in Louisiana to be inadmissible.

A New Mexico judge prevented the latter charges from going to trial.

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